Stove-pipe drum



(No Model.)

K W, LOTZ.

STOVE PIPE DRUM.

No. 355,616. Patented 11.4, 1887.

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KETURAH W'INTERS LOTZ, OF JAY COUNTY, INDIANA.

STOVE-PIPE DRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.355,616, dated January 4,1887.

Application filed June 22, 1885. Serial No. 169,415. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KETURAH WINTERS LOTZ, of Jay county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Pipe Drums, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Stovepipe drums which are placed on stovepipes in upper rooms, especially chambers for sleeping purposes, to utilize the heat passing from a stove or heating apparatus below, and which would otherwise pass off without benefit in such rooms. I attain such object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the top removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is acentral section, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the detachable bottom with the legs omitted.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the top, to the under side of which is an attaching rim or flange, which rim may fit in or over the top of the upright or drum portion proper. The top may be removable or securely fastened. If removable, it should accurately fit to prevent the escape of smoke.

Projecting from the top is the collar B, for attaching the exit-pipe for the escape of the smoke from the drum.

Transversely through the drum, which is oval in cross-section, is a heat radiating tube, 0, oval in crosssection, immediately above which is a diaphragm, D, the edge of which on one side is made to conform to the inner side of the-drum, to which it is soldered,while the opposite edge is obliquely cut away to permit smoke to pass, while the heat is thereby made more effective in' heating the radiator. This diaphragm is to intercept the heat and smoke, causing them to impinge or remain in contact with the radiator, and thereby cause it to become quickly heated, and the radiator 0 being open at both ends, the heat readily escapes into the room to be heated.

Through the bottom E passes the inlet-pipe F, made with telescoping joints,'to facilitate the setting up of the drum, and also to permit of its being set higher or lower, as maybe desired. The bottom E rests upon a secondary or false bottom, G, the two-bottoms being held together by turn-buttons H. The false bottom has lugs or leg-receivers I, so that the drum may be properly supported a sufficient distance from the floor.

The secondary bottom G serves the double purpose of a continuous support and stiffener for bottom E and as a means of attaching the legs, so that in situations where it is desirable to dispense with the legs entirely bottom G may be removed with the legs. The bottom G may, if preferred, be of cast metal.

The top of the drum I prefer to make flat, so that water or refreshments may be warmed in case of sickness. I Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a heating-drum oval in crosssection, of flat top A, bottom E, and the open-endedradiating-tube O, ovalin crosssection and passing through said drum lengthwise of the oval, the deflecting diaphragm D, secured above the tube 0 at one side thereof,

, and obliquely cut away at the other to permit the escape of smoke, and the smoke-flue lo cated above the apex of said diaphragm, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a stove-pipe drum oval in cross-section, of fiat top A, double bottom E, open-ended radiating-tube O, passing through said drum lengthwise'of it, oval deflecting-diaphragm D, secured above the tube 0 at one side thereof, and obliquely cut away at the other to permit the escape of smoke,and the smoke-flue located above the apex of said diaphragm.

7 June 17, 1885.

KETURAH \VINTERS LOTZ. 

